Mendocino Complex Fire
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The Mendocino Complex Fire was a large complex of wildfires that burned in northern California for more than three months in 2018. It consisted of two wildfires, the River Fire and Ranch Fire, which b
Pyrocumulonimbus rising above the Mendocino Complex, as viewed from Ukiah, California, on July 29, 2018
The community of Upper Lake was evacuated during the Mendocino Complex fires.
August Complex fire
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The August Complex fire was a massive wildfire complex that burned in the Coast Range of Northern California, in Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, and Shasta Counties. The complex originated as
Mendocino Complex Fire
…January 4, 2019. The Ranch Fire alone burned 410,203 acres (1,660 km2), making it the largest wildfire in modern California history at the time until the August Complex fire that occurred in 2020. The Ranch Fire also surpassed the size of the 315,577-acre Rush Fire, which burned across California and Nevada, as well as the…
Smoke from the August Complex turned the sky orange in Willits, as seen on September 8
An AT-802 participates in containment efforts in the North Zone on September 25
Western fires 2020